FlyDubai Boeing 737 crashes in Russia (with video). 61 dead.

[RealAssanova]

not for the faint of heart.

Plane crashes in Russia, all 61 people on board killed
MOSCOW | By Lidia Kelly and Christian Lowe

A Flydubai plane is pictured at the Dubai Airshow in this November 8, 2015 file photo.
Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah/Files

Russian officials said on Saturday that all 61 people on board a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed as it tried to land.

Russia's emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, crashed at 03:50 (0030 GMT) at the airport in Rostov-on-Don. Officials said there were 55 passengers and six crew on board the plane.

"Unfortunately, they all died," Viktor Yanutsenko, an emergencies ministry official helping coordinate the emergency response, was quoted as saying by Russia's RIA news agency.

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The aircraft had to abandon an initial attempt to land at Rostov, its scheduled destination, and came down while making a repeat attempt, according to an emergencies ministry statement.

Most of the passengers on board were Russian, the regional governor said on television.

"Three foreigners were on the passenger list of the plane, but that information needs checking" an emergencies ministry official said on Rossiya-24 news channel.

Dubai-based airline Flydubai said on Saturday that it was investigating an "incident" regarding one of its flights to southern Russia.

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"We are aware of an incident involving our flight FZ981 from Dubai to Rostov On Don. We are investigating further details and will publish an update once more information is available," the budget carrier wrote on its official Facebook page.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly, Noah Browning and Omar Fahmy; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Michael Perry)

weird thing is...the aircraft was on final approach...so for it to be in a steep dive really puzzles me.

more updates to follow in the morning.

R.I.P to all the passengers and crew onboard and may god ease the pain of the family members of those on board that aircraft.

 

[SirReginald]

not for the faint of heart.





weird thing is...the aircraft was on final approach...so for it to be in a steep dive really puzzles me.

more updates to follow in the morning.

R.I.P to all the passengers and crew onboard and may god ease the pain of the family members of those on board that aircraft.

Staged attack


R.I.P. to the victims

 

[PortCityProphet]

Rip to all them instathots on that plane. Sad the crash actually saved their lives from what they were about to go through in dubai

 

[Mess World]

Im laughing because there's life after death and the jokes on the living

 

[Aceofspades404]

Rip to all them instathots on that plane. Sad the crash actually saved their lives from what they were about to go through in dubai

it was traveling from dubai, seek help
anyways, rip to those on board

 

[Blackout]

One would think they would of worked on plane technology to where it would be more resistant against crashes by now.

Woudlnt be surprised they slacked on it because they were too focused on making money.

 

[wooled1]

Damn, with all this technology now you'd think shyt like this would be a thing of the past.

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

weird. that plane to russia thing was just becoming a meme

edit..definantly some type of karma

 

[PortCityProphet]

it was traveling from dubai, seek help
anyways, rip to those on board

Oops

 

[Aufheben]

One would think they would of worked on plane technology to where it would be more resistant against crashes by now.

Damn, with all this technology now you'd think shyt like this would be a thing of the past.

what kinda technology you think we got that makes it safe to crash into the ground at 400+ mph?

 

[thaKEAF]

One of my biggest fears

 

[Blackout]

what kinda technology you think we got that makes it safe to crash into the ground at 400+ mph?

We have went into space already. Enough with the excuses

 

[#SOG_soldier]

Rip

 

[Ms. Elaine]

One of my biggest fears

No lie, when I'm on a plane, one of the first things I do is look around to see the kind of people I might spend my last months with.

"Damn, he's cute. I hope I see him in the after life."

 

[Imhotep2]

Imagine 1 second you are alive and the next second you no longer exist on earth

R.I.P to those people